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Technical Papers
White, Colin Mues, Russell James,
Rhondda Dickson and members of
MDBA’s Advisory Committee for
Social, Economic and Environmental
Sciences for reviewing the manuscript,
and Andrew Boulton for providing
editorial comments.
The Authors also wish to thank an
anonymous reviewer for the useful
and constructive comments provided.
THE AUTHORS
Dr Ian Neave (email:
Ian.Neave@mdba.gov.
au) is Assistant Director in
the Environmental Water
Needs section of the
MDBA. He has worked
in environmental water policy with the
Federal Government for the last 10 years
and has a doctorate in forest ecology.
Dr Anthony McLeod (email:
Tony.Mcleod@mdba.gov.au)
is General Manager Water
Resource Planning in the
MDBA. He has a doctorate in
water management and has
worked at a senior level on water policy
issues for the last 15 years. In 2014 he
undertook a Fulbright Fellowship at the
University of Colorado Boulder.
Greg Raisin (email: Greg.
Raisin@mdba.gov.au) is
Director of the Research
and Knowledge section in
the MDBA. He trained as
an aquatic ecologist (MSc
by thesis) and has over 30
years’ experience in research, research
management, water management and
water policy in both State and Federal
Governments.
Jody Swirepik (email:
Jody.Swirepik@mdba.
gov.au) was, at the time
of writing, an Executive
Director Environmental
Management in the MDBA.
She has a Masters degree in aquatic
ecology and has spent the last 25
years working on environmental
water management programs in both
State and Federal Governments.
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